Welcome to EGEE 401!

This course is offered as part of the Open Educational Resources initiative of Penn State's John A. Dutton e-Education Institute. You are welcome to use and reuse materials that appear in this site (other than those copyrighted by others) subject to the licensing agreement linked to the bottom of this and every page.

Students who register for this Penn State course gain access to assignments and instructor feedback, and earn academic credit. Information about Penn State's Energy and Sustainability Policy Bachelor's program is available at the ESP Overview Page.

Quick Facts about EGEE 401

Instructor: Dr. Vera J. Cole, Senior Lecturer and Lead Faculty for Energy and Sustainability Policy programs, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University.

Learning Environment: This website provides the primary instructional materials for the course. The Resources menu at left links to important supporting materials, while the Course Outline menu links to the course lessons. CANVAS, Penn State's course management system, is used to support the delivery of this course, as well as to provide the primary communications, calendaring, and submission tools for the course.

Topics of Study: There are 11 lessons, divided into 5 units of study, which will be completed at a rate of 1 lesson per week, followed by one Capstone Project. Assignments will be in the form of Lesson Activities (based on assigned reading for each lesson and utilizing models and data from a range of sources), Discussion Forums (lively discussion of questions involving personal opinion and original thinking), and a Capstone Project (Letters to the Editor, Research Paper or a Lesson Plan on topics of your choice subject to instructor approval). Due dates for all assignments are posted on the course calendar in CANVAS.

Unit 1—Energy Principles

Lesson 1: Energy Concepts

Lesson 2: Energy Transformations

Unit 2—Environmental Challenges

Lesson 3: Climate Change: Current and Projected Impacts

Lesson 4: Processes of Climate Change

Unit 3—International Electricity: Generation, Use and Growth

Lesson 5: Electricity Demand and Management

Lesson 6: Electricity Energy Sources: Non-Renewable

Lesson 7: Electricity Energy Sources: Renewable

Unit 4—Transportation Fuel Use and Challenges

Lesson 8: Transportation Fuels: Non-Renewable

Lesson 9: Transportation Fuels: Renewable

Unit 5—Environmental Solutions: Technical and Legislative Approaches

Lesson 10: Assessment and Technical Solutions

Lesson 11: Legislative and Policy Approaches

Capstone Project

Lesson 12: Capstone Project

Note:

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